Kerrington House

Kerrington House is a five-star guest house in Axminster, a Victorian building with marble fireplaces and plasterwork ceilings across eight rooms. One of them, the Porters Lodge, is a self-contained garden suite separate from the main house, and a family room suits guests travelling with children.

The lounge overlooks the garden and doubles as a spot for the honesty bar, stocked with wines and spirits guests pay for on trust. Breakfast is served each morning from around 8am, with a full cooked option alongside fruit, cereal and juice, and the kitchen can accommodate dietary requirements with notice.

Axminster itself has more rural cottages than hotels nearby, so Kerrington House fills a gap for a proper hotel-style stay with breakfast included. Lyme Regis and its fossil-strewn beach are about six miles away on the Jurassic Coast, and a dedicated meeting room on site suits business visitors needing a work space away from home.

**Best for:** Couples and solo business travellers wanting a quiet, antique-furnished stay with breakfast and an honesty bar.

**Less good for:** Larger family groups needing more than the one family room, or guests wanting a modern, minimalist style over antique furnishings.